Tolk of talking pr
[i'm sorry: i'll try that again.-- o.t.v.]
Talk of Tolkien prompts me to raise another and, on a far smaller scale, far greater English writer whom I think CAS coulda/shoulda(/didda?) been impressed by:
Beatrix Potter. She produced near-perfect miniatures to set against Tolkien's hugely flawed (but also hugely enjoyable) epics. C.S. Lewis said of her book
Squirrel Nutkin:
Quote:It troubled me with what I can only describe as the Idea of Autumn. . . . It sounds fantastic to say that one can be enamored of a season, but that is something like what happened and . . . the experience was one of intense desire. And one went back to the book, not to gratify the desire (how can one possess Autumn?) but to reawaken it.
Joy and Sehnsucht
This is v. close to being able to hold a copy of the book:
Squirrel Nutkin
And for more on the Potter herself:
Beatrix Potter
“The true independent is he who dwells detached and remote from the little herds as well as from the big herd. Affiliating with no group or cabal of mice or monkeys, he is of course universally suspect.†—
The Black Book of Gore Vidal.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 15 Dec 11 | 04:32AM by treycelement.